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Palestine Reporting

Video round-up: Thousands rally in anti-Prawer ‘Day of Rage’ protests

December 1, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on December 1, 2013. A global “Day of Rage” against the Prawer Plan took place in nearly 30 cities worldwide on Saturday, Nov. 30.,

Israel Reporting

Tel Aviv ‘Nakba’ film festival keeps alive memories of 1948 in Israel

December 1, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Dec. 1, 2013. TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — The first-ever International Film Festival on Nakba and Return took place on Nov. 28-30 in Tel

Palestine Reporting

Reviving the Palestine pound to strengthen Palestinian independence

November 26, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Nov. 26, 2013. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In markets across historic Palestine, tourists can buy coins and bills emblazoned with the phrase “Palestine pound.” The

Palestine Reporting

Women-only cafes offer new visions of Palestinian public space

November 2, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on November 2, 2013. Discreetly located at the foot of a staircase, the cafe offers a familiar scene: shisha pipes are stacked neatly on

Palestine Reporting

World Bank: Israel control of Area C costs Palestine $3.4 bln annually

October 8, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on October 8, 2013. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s control over the largest part of the occupied West Bank deprives the Palestinian economy of an

Palestine Reporting

Tel Aviv conference plans for Palestinian return

October 4, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on Ocrober 4, 2013. TEL AVIV (Ma’an) — There are few topics that scare the Israeli public more than the potential realization of the

Opinion

Rising Palestinian Resistance

November 16, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Harvard Crimson. Co-authored by Giacomo Bagarella. Two weeks ago, our group, the Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee, partnered with the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance to

Opinion

Civility in the Service of Brutality

April 13, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Harvard Crimson. There are times when we must be suspect of calls for civility. Particularly at an institution like Harvard, where we are sometimes told that

Opinion

Birthright Palestine

March 9, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Harvard Crimson. In the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, far from the highways and glass towers that compose this cosmopolitan Mediterranean city’s downtown, sits the Palestinian refugee

Opinion

A Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Zionism

September 28, 2011 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Harvard Crimson. President Barack Obama’s speech before the United Nations last Friday was nothing short of a nightmare for the many Americans who had been hoping

Video round-up: Thousands rally in anti-Prawer ‘Day of Rage’ protests

Tel Aviv ‘Nakba’ film festival keeps alive memories of 1948 in Israel

Reviving the Palestine pound to strengthen Palestinian independence

Women-only cafes offer new visions of Palestinian public space

World Bank: Israel control of Area C costs Palestine $3.4 bln annually

Tel Aviv conference plans for Palestinian return

Rising Palestinian Resistance

Civility in the Service of Brutality

Birthright Palestine

A Nail in the Coffin of Liberal Zionism

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